NOAA Changing Weather Site

On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be launching a completely overhauled online weather resource.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, October 13, 2023 at 12:49 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

NOAA is launching a completely overhauled aviationweather.gov site on Monday, featuring a much cleaner appearance and enhanced interactive maps.
The new platform offers user-friendly features such as dark mode, options for raw or decoded weather data, up to 48 hours of historical data, and mobile device adaptability.
It provides comprehensive observations and forecasts for various weather elements (e.g., ceiling, visibility, turbulence) through interactive maps with sliders.
The upgraded service merges the legacy HEMS tool into the main framework, maintaining its focus on low-altitude flight, and remains free and accessible without a login.

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Attention all aviation weather geeks: On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be launching a completely overhauled online weather resource. For decades, aviationweather.gov has been helping pilots supplement their weather information, providing access to TAFs and METARs and providing graphical forecasts.

The new site has a much cleaner appearance than the legacy site from the Aviation Weather Center arm of NOAA. It features more interactive maps, static images to embed in briefing material, and a dark mode.